Table 3.
Adjusted ORs for pancreatic cancer for each WCRF/AICR Recommendation. Italy 1991–2008.
| WCRF/AICR Recommendation | WCRF/AICR Score | p-value for trend | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| < 0.5 | 0.5–<1 | 1 | |||||||
| Cases (%) | Controls (%) | Cases (%) | Controls (%) | Adjusted OR (95% CI) a | Cases (%) | Controls (%) | Adjusted OR (95% CI) a | ||
| 1. Body Fatness b | 87 (29.00) | 143 (23.91) | 166 (55.33) | 339 (56.69) | 0.95 (0.65, 1.38) | 47 (15.67) | 116 (19.40) | 0.87 (0.53, 1.42) | 0.59 |
| 2. Physical activity b | 53 (16.36) | 124 (19.11) | 105 (32.41) | 238 (36.67) | 1.29 (0.83, 2.01) | 166 (51.23) | 287 (44.22) | 1.54 (0.99, 2.93) | 0.057 |
| 3. Food and drinks that promote weight gain | 48 (14.72) | 77 (11.81) | 244 (74.85) | 487 (74.69) | 0.72 (0.46, 1.23) | 34 (10.43) | 88 (13.50) | 0.50 (0.27,0.93) | 0.029 |
| 4. Eat mostly foods of plant origin | 21 (6.44) | 21 (3.22) | 267 (81.90) | 519 (79.60) | 0.60 (0.30, 1.20) | 38 (11.66) | 112 (17.18) | 0.35 (0.16, 0.76) | 0.003 |
| 5. Limit red meat and processed meat | 256 (78.53) | 437 (67.02) | 68 (20.86) | 197 (30.21) | 0.58 (0.41, 0.83) | 2 (0.61) | 18 (2.76) | 0.24 (0.05, 1.11) | 0.0005 |
| 6. Limit alcohol | 133 (40.80) | 227 (34.82) | 56 (17.18) | 110 (16.87) | 0.87 (0.56, 1.36) | 137 (42.02) | 315 (48.31) | 0.59 (0.40, 0.85) | 0.004 |
| 7. Limit salt | 9 (2.76) | 13 (1.99) | 118 (36.20) | 195 (29.91) | 0.88 (0.33, 2.37) | 199 (61.04) | 444 (68.10) | 0.59 (0.22, 1.57) | 0.012 |
AICR: American Institute of Cancer Research; OR: odds ratio; CI: confidence interval; WCRF: World Cancer Research Fund.
a
Covariates include: sex, study center, year of interview, age, education, tobacco smoking, and history of diabetes. A score of <0.5 was used as the reference category.
b
The sum is not the total number of subjects due to missing values.